Re: [tied] Bird names, etc. (was: Re: sea, seal)

It may well be perfectly right, if so, I'm wondering
if the -p- is instrusive, like the -t- in "street"
so *srVw > *spraw > *spar????

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> > Why not *srVw-?
> > see English strawberry vs Latin fraga
> >
> > --- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:
> >
> > > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> > > <tgpedersen@> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > > *spra&w-
> > > > Breton frao "crow, jackdaw"
> > > > PGmc *spraiw- "starling"
> > >
> > > Why not *psar, Germanic *sparwa(n)- 'sparrow'
> with
> > > metathesis?
> > >
> > <snip>
>
> I'm trying to connect it to a Germanic word with
> sp-; nothing else
> seems better as far as I can see.
>
>
>

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